Bevel



(No Model:

J.. STRUBLE.

BEVBL.

N0. 361,243. Patented Apr. 12, 1887.

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JACOB STRUBLE, OF SIOUX' CITY, IOWA.

" BEVEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 361,243,-dated April l2, 1887.

Application filed November 4, 1886. Serial No. 217,991. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: y

Be it known that I, JAcois STRUBLE, a citizen ofthe United States,and aresident of Sioux City, in the county of `Woodbury and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Squares and Bevels; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such'aswill enable others skilled in they art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part 'of this specification.

drawings, c designates the slotted base-plate or elongated ilat link, to which the adjustable portion of the device is connected by screwbolts d e, having nuts f g turned thereon to permit any necessary adjustment of the arms of the device.

b and-b designate the two shorter arms of.

the instrument, and c a are the longer arms thereof, which longer arms are crossed one upon the other and connected by the screwbolt d and nut f. `The shorter arms b b are connected to the inner ends of the longer arms a a by rivets z' t', and the outer ends `of the shorter arms are connected to each other and to the slotted base-plate by the screw-bolts e and the nut g, so that the several arms named are adjustable on the slotted base-plate, the adjustment being effected by loosening the nuts and moving the arms in or out, as may be necessary, and again tightening the nuts.

The longer arm a is graduated into inches and fractions of inches, and the longer arm a" is graduated into degrees of a eircle,from ve to forty-ve degrees along one edge and from forty-five to eighty-iive degrees along the other Acentral line of the arm.

edge. Thus it will be seen that any desired bevel may be indicated on a piece of stock,the 5o length of the bevel being at the same time made known.

In operation, one edge of the slotted strip c is placed against the edge of the stock to be marked, as more fully shown in Fig. l of the drawings,4 and after the screws have been moved to the desired point in this slot the nut g is tightened, so as to lix the short arms with respect to the said slotted strip. The long arm a is then moved over the arm a upon itspivot 6o until the edge of the former has been brought inline with the desired angle-mark thereon, when, by means of a pencil or other marking device, the angle may be indicated upon the stock. It will be observed that the anglemarks run obliquely in opposite directions, their bases coinciding with the Llongitudinal It will thus be 0bserved that bevels or miters may be formed at angles of any degree. 7o

I make the-heads of the bolts pointed, Vso that I may use the device as Compasses or dividers.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. The combination, with the slotted baseplate or link, of the pivotedshorter arms and the longer arms provided with graduationmarks of inches'and fractions thereof and de- So grec-marks of a circle from five to eighty-tive degrees, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, witlrthe slotted link,A of a bevel having one of its. pivotal branches provided with angular indications running S5 obliquely in opposite directions from the longitudinal middle of the branch, and a pivoted arm adapted to be moved over and se- 1 cured with relation to said branch, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB STRUBLE.

Witnesses:

DANIEL H. SULLIVAN, DoRsEY-TAYLOR. 

